So spend a few hours taking the mill apart, so far so good… Be sure to use some wood stoppers so you don’t pinch or hurt yourself.

As you can see i cleaned the parts careful, Chinese craftsmanship on these is not the best. A lot of the parts need to be de-burred. The ways need to be scraped, a lot of surfaces are in horrible conditions but not to the point where it can’t be fixed.

Today we moved the mill from the garage to the new home a 13 x 11 foot room where all the machining will take place, the room will be air conditioned to provide a stable temperature environment… Here are some pictures to document the process, what i found out was that the Mill stand was damaged the front door was bend and the back had a dent, great for me that i am not using the stand, instead making a new frame, with a enclosure, to accommodate fluid cooling, also its better so not all the chips flying around allover the place.

The Mill made 03/2012 has already a 3 bolt mod applied to it which gives the Milling head more rigidity and stability. Also we have a shop vacum which will help to clean the place after machining…

And here we go, the mill go delivered today via Fedex Freight, the driver was very friendly and even drop off the pallet in my garage, i inspected the box and it had no damage so i signed for it.

Next step will be transporting the Mill to the shop to take it apart and start the conversation process… Here some picture of the box.

Welcome to my new blog, here i will be showcasing and log my builds, everything from a 20inch telescope (self ground and polished mirror) to a 4 axis G0704 CNC Mill to a High Res 3D Printer based on resign and some other designs i am working on… Also a special section for my second company which is building laser modules and laser projectors… and not to forget a lasersaur 100W CO2 laser cutter.

More to come…